(精品)英语寓言故事15篇
在日常学习、工作和生活中，大家都经常接触到寓言故事吧，寓言故事的寓意是寓言创作的灵魂，就好似人类必须要有思维一样重要。在寓言创作中寓意是一根看不见的线，大多数时候，这根线并不会直接在文字中体现。被广泛传播的寓言故事都有哪些呢?下面是小编为大家收集的英语寓言故事，欢迎大家借鉴与参考，希望对大家有所帮助。
英语寓言故事1
A Fisher once took his bagpipes to the bank of a river, and played upon them with the hope of making the fish rise; but never a one put his nose out of the water. So he cast his net into the river and soon drew it forth filled with fish. Then he took his bagpipes again, and, as he played, the fish leapt up in the net. "Ah, you dance now when I play," said he. "Yes," said an old Fish: "When you are in a man's power you must do as he bids you."
英语寓言故事2
One day, a man was going to have a drink, He wanted to have a drink with his friends. He took out a bottle of wine, “Let’s draw a snake, the person who finishes first can drink first.” “OK.”
After some time, the man finished drawing his snake. He looked around, everyone was still drawing. He thought he could add some feet to the snake. He began to draw them. Just then, one of his friends finished drawing his snake too,” I finished drawing my snake, so, I can drink first, He picked up the bottle.
“Excuse me, I think I’m first.”
“What are doing now?” his friend asked him.
“I’m adding feet to my snake.”
“No, you are wrong. Snakes have no feet at all. Look at mine please, my snake is different from something with feet.” The friend asked the other men, “Whose snake is more life-like?”
“Yours.”
“So, I’m first, I can drink first. Ha! Ha! Ha!”
一个人想喝酒。他想和朋友一块儿喝酒。于是，他拿出一瓶酒说：“我们来画蛇，谁先画好，谁就先喝。”“好。”
过了一会儿，这个人就画好了一条蛇。他向四处看看，大家都还在画。他想给蛇添一些脚。于是他开始给蛇画脚。就在这个时候，有一个朋友也画好了。这个朋友说：“我第一个画好，所以，我可以先喝。”他拿起了酒瓶。
“对不起，我认为我是第一。”
“那现在你在做什么?”他的朋友问。
“我在给蛇添上脚呀。”
“不，你错了。蛇是没有脚的。请看看我画的`蛇，我画的蛇和带脚的东西不一样。”他问其他朋友，“谁画的蛇最像?”
“你的。”
“所以，我是第一，我可以先喝酒。哈哈哈!”
英语寓言故事3
In days of yore, a mighty runmbling was heard in a mountain. It was said to be in labor, and multitudes flocked together, from far and near, to see what it would produce. After long expectation and many wise conjectures from the by-standers -- out popped a Mouse! The story applies those magnificent promises end in a paltry performance.
英语寓言故事4
There was a man who used to be very cheap, to get something else, and to steal it. One day, he passed through the door of a family and found a beautiful bell in front of the door. He wants the bell very much, but how can he get it? Take it directly, the bell will make a sound, and others will find it. He thought and thought, and did not think of a good way to do it. At last, he finally thought of a good way to plug his ears, so he couldn't hear the bell. He thought he was very smart and thought of a very good way. So that night, he stuffed his ears with cotton to pick up the bell. When his hand touched the bell, the bell rang, and the master grabbed him immediately.
译文：
从前有个人很爱占便宜，为了得到别人的东西，还去偷。有一天，他路过一家人门前，发现门前挂着一个漂亮的铃铛。他很想要那个铃铛，可是，怎样才能拿到呢?直接去取吧，铃铛就会发出声响，别人就会发现了。他想了又想，都没有想出一个好办法，怎么办呢?最后，他终于想了个好办法，把耳朵塞住，不就听不到铃声了吗?他觉得自己很聪明，想到了一个非常好的`办法。于是当天晚上，他用棉花塞住耳朵，来取铃铛。当他的手一碰到铃铛，铃铛就响了，主人马上把他抓了起来。
英语寓言故事5
In order to avoid calamities, at first the kingfisher always selects a high place to build its nest.
翠鸟起先为了避免灾祸，总是选择高的.地方筑巢。
But when the young birds are hatched, it will move to a place a little lower to build its nest.
但是，等到孵出小鸟以后，它就到少许低一点儿的地方筑巢。
This is because the kingfisher is particularly fond of its offspring and is afraid they hight fall down from a high place.
这是因为它特别爱护小鸟，生怕它们从高处摔下来。
When the young birds grow beautiful feathers,the kingfisher will become even fonder of them and more protective,
等到小鸟长出了美丽的羽毛以后，母鸟就更加喜欢和爱护它们了，
so it will move its nest further downward, with the result that the young birds are easily taken away by people.
于是又向下搬巢，结果小翠鸟却被人们轻而易举地掏走了。
英语寓言故事6
A man walking in the night slipped from a rock. Afraid that he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that place was a very deep valley, he took hold of a branch that was hanging over the rock. In the night all he couls see was a bottomless abyss. He shouted, his own shout reflected back——there was nobody to hear. You can imagine that man and his whole night of scare. Every moment there
was death, his hands were becoming cold, he was losing his grip...... and as the sun came out he looked down and he laughed. There was no abyss. Just six inches
down there was a rock. He could have rested the whole night, slept well——the rock was big enough——but the whole night was a nightmare.
Fear is only six inches deep. Now it is up to you whether you want to go on
cling to the branch and turn your life into a nightmare, or whether you would love to leave the branch and stand on your feet. There is nothing to fear.
英语寓言故事7
In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a piecture of snake; the one who finished the piecture first would get the wine. One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake. At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesnt have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?" This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.
英语寓言故事8
Hercules and the waggoner A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road. Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out. The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. "Hercules, help me,please," he said. But Hercules appeared to him, and said, "Man, don't kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel."
英语寓言故事9
Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself. So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine. One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.
However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?" The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
英语寓言故事10
One day， Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. 一天，狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。 At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? 最后只剩一壶酒了。让谁喝呢?
They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake.If you finish first， you can get it.
它们想了想，有了一个主意。它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画好，谁就喝这壶酒。
Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing.
不一会，狼先生画好了。
“Yeah， I‘ve finished. I’m No.1，” he says. “哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。
But he draws again and says， “Oh， let me add feet and my snake.”
可是它又画了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。” At the time， Mr. Gorilla also finishes.
这时猩猩先生也画好了。
He takes away the pot of wine and drinks， then he says， “That isn‘t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.
“它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的.，我赢了这壶酒。”
In the Warring States Period (zhàn guó 战国，475-221BC)， a man in the State of Chu (chǔ guǒ楚国) was offering a sacrifice to his ancestors. 战国时代有个楚国人祭他的祖先。
After the ceremony， the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants. 仪式结束后，他拿出一壶酒赏给手下的几个人。
英语寓言故事11
What good faith?
As the name suggests, honest and trustworthy. The relationships among people, Frank is honesty. Confucius said: credibility is the life in the world, is the founding of the nation, is the human development. In England there was a proverb saying "honesty is the best policy". It signifies the importance of honesty. What are the benefits of honesty if you are honest to others, they will be honest to you in return. When you are sad, they will comfort you.When you are in trouble, they will help you. The dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and be regarded as a public enemy. So be honest with others is very important.
英语寓言故事12
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road,he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said,"I do not want to eat those apples;for the rich man will give me much food;
he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.
He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big;so he could not go over it. He waited for some time;then he said,"I cannot go to the rich mans house today,for I cannot get over the river."
He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples,and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.
Do not throw good things away;you may be glad to have them at some other time.
英语寓言故事13
原文：
In days of yore, a mighty runmbling was heard in a mountain. It was said to be in labor, and multitudes flocked together, from far and near, to see what it would produce. After long expectation and many wise conjectures from the by-standers -- out popped a Mouse!
The story applies those magnificent promises end in a paltry performance.
译文：
古时候，在一座山里发出了一阵隆隆巨响，据说这是大山要临产了。人群从四面八方聚集起来，观看大山会生出什么后代。大家企盼了许久，并且作了许多聪明的推测，结果从那里跳出一只老鼠。
这个故事说的.是，雷声大，雨点小。
词汇：
In days of yore 古时候
in labor 临产
multitudes flocked together 人群聚集
by-standers 旁观者
out popped 跳出
paltry 微不足道的
英语寓言故事14
How a Farmer Saved the Snake（农夫和蛇）
"Oh, little snake. Why aren"t you at home in such cold weather? Look, you"re freezing. Poor you!"
The farmer thought some more to himself. "What can I do for you? Make a fire to warm you? No, it"s snowing so hard, and I have only a very small bundle of wood. Besides, my family is waiting for the wood to cook."
The farmer turned round and round anxiously and then said, "I know! I"ll put you under my clothes. It"s warm there." He unbuttoned his clothes and put the snake inside, against his chest.
Some time later, the snake came to life gradually.
The warmth of the old farmer had not changed its cruel nature. It opened its mouth and bit right into the farmer"s chest.
"Oh, my god! How cruel you are! I saved you, but you bit me. Why?" As he was saying this, he took out the snake and threw it on the ground.
But the farmer was already poisoned and was dying. Only at this time did he realize that he had done something wrong. "I took pity on him, but he bit me in return."
农夫和蛇
在一个大雪纷飞的夜晚，一个农夫砍柴回家，在路上发现了一条冻僵了的响尾蛇。
"乖乖，这么冷的天你怎么不待在洞里，跑到外边来了呢？看把你冻成这个样子，多可怜呀！"农夫自言自语道："怎么办呢？我用火给你烤烤。可是不行啊，这么大的雪，我就砍了这一小捆柴火，家里还等着用呢。"
农夫焦急地转来转去。"有了，我把你放在怀里，不是也很暖和吗？"于是，农夫解开坏，把冻僵的`响尾蛇揣在了怀里。
过了一个时辰，响尾蛇慢慢地苏醒过来了，但是它恢复了本性，狠狠咬了农夫一口。
"哎呀，你这个坏东西，我救活了你，你怎么还咬我呢？"农夫说着，把响尾蛇掏出来扔到了一边。
可是农夫中了蛇毒。他奄奄一息，临死的时候才明白过来，说道："我怜惜恶人，可是恶人的本性难改，不会怜惜我呀！"
这个故事是说：对恶人即使仁至义尽，其本性也是不会改变的。
英语寓言故事15
狮子和老鼠
Lion was awakened from sleep by a mouse running over his face.
Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the mouse piteouslyentreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.
The mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a lion."
Little friends may prove great friends.
一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。
狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求说：“只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。”狮子便笑着放了它。
后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。
老鼠听出是狮子的吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了牠，并大声说：“你当时嘲笑我想帮你的`忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。”
强者不会永远是强者，强者也会有需要弱者帮助的时候。
狼与鹭鸶
A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: "Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf."
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他 取出骨头，鹭鸶把自己的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的.酬金。狼回答 说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎么还要讲报酬?”
这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。
城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."
从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢?你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”
乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的'东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑!快跑!猫来了!”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。
过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”
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